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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is fast approaching?
(a) Diane's divorce.
(b) The end of the world.
(c) Tyler's marriage.
(d) The end of President Lomax's term.

2. To what is the Martian drug intended to bring people?
(a) "The Fourth Age."
(b) "A New Age."
(c) "A Renewed Age."
(d) "The First Age."

3. Why is traveling at night getting more dangerous?
(a) Criminal gangs were multiplying and highway attacks were more frequent than ever.
(b) There is an agent in the atmosphere that distorts one's night vision.
(c) The roads are in very bad repair.
(d) Spin has made it pitch black at night.

4. What does Tyler tell Ina about the Martians?
(a) That they are human also.
(b) That they are genetically very different from humans.
(c) That they are a mixed race of human and Trator.
(d) That they are genetically close to human, but not human.

5. About what does E.D. try to convince Lomax?
(a) That the replicator plan is brilliant.
(b) That Jason is incompetent to handle the replicator plan.
(c) That the replicator plan could backfire.
(d) That the replicator plan is not feasible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do men do at Ina's clinic?

2. For what does it appear Diane's religious cult is responsible?

3. In what field does Martian technology lead Earth's?

4. What helps Tyler procure what they need?

5. What does Jason tell Tyler?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is in the envelope Tyler received after from Jason after he died? Why did Jason leave him the envelope?

2. What happens when Tyler rides along with Wun in a convoy that takes them to Perihelion?

3. What does Wun tell Tyler about a possible cure for Jason?

4. As Tyler, Diane and others are waiting to leave what happens?

5. What does Jason report to Tyler about the replicators a few years after they were launched?

6. What does Tyler wonder about Diane and how does she respond?

7. What does Tyler say might be the Hypotheticals motivation as far as the Spin goes?

8. How does Tyler and Diane escape from Condon's ranch?

9. What does Simon tell Tyler about Diane when Tyler arrives at Condon's ranch?

10. What happens in the summer with the sky and why does Simon call Tyler? How does Tyler respond?

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